How Much Does America Trust These Anchors?

Behind the Headlines Anderson Cooper humbles Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, while Lester Holt is the standout in a new THR/Morning Consult poll The gatekeepers are gone," Colin Jost told the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 27, before pivoting to a punchline: "Did you know that 90 percent of people now get their news exclusively from social media? MSNBC's most trusted name is veteran Ali Velshi (55 percent, four points higher than Rachel Maddow), while anchor Harris Faulkner (53 percent) led for Fox News. Leading the most divisive names in TV news is Tucker Carlson, the ousted Fox News anchor who now posts on X. He had the highest share of respondents, 49 percent, saying they trusted the anchor "not much" or "not at all." Fox News anchor Sean Hannity (45 percent), former Fox and NBC personality Megyn Kelly (40 percent), Fox News host Laura Ingraham (38 percent), former CNN host Don Lemon (35 percent) and MSNBC host Joy Reid (35 percent).